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Date:   Thu, 15 Jul 2021 21:32:32 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/6] libbpf: rename btf__load() as btf__load_into_kernel()

On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 7:15 AM Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com> wrote:
>
> As part of the effort to move towards a v1.0 for libbpf, rename
> btf__load() function, used to "upload" BTF information into the kernel,
> and rename it instead as btf__load_into_kernel().
>
> This new name better reflects what the function does, and should be less
> confusing.
>
> References:
>
> - https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/issues/278
> - https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/wiki/Libbpf:-the-road-to-v1.0#btfh-apis
>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.c      | 3 ++-
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.h      | 1 +
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c   | 2 +-
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map | 5 +++++
>  4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>

[...]

> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
> index 944c99d1ded3..d42f20b0e9e4 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
> @@ -375,3 +375,8 @@ LIBBPF_0.5.0 {
>                 bpf_object__gen_loader;
>                 libbpf_set_strict_mode;
>  } LIBBPF_0.4.0;
> +
> +LIBBPF_0.6.0 {

we haven't released v0.5 yet, so this will go into 0.5, probably

> +       global:
> +               btf__load_into_kernel;
> +} LIBBPF_0.5.0;
> --
> 2.30.2
>